Adobe Reader zero-day discovered alongside Windows vulnerability Posted: May 15, 2018 by Jérôme Segura During the first half of 2018, we have witnessed some particularly interesting zero-day exploits, including one for Flash (CVE-2018-4878) and more recently...

Posted: May 1, 2018 by Christopher Boyd SamSam ransomware is a custom infection used in targeted attacks, often deployed using a wide range of exploits or brute-force tactics. Based on our own run-ins with the infection, we’ve observed that attacks were made on...

Posted: April 27, 2018 by hasherezade Last November, we released the first edition of the Malwarebytes CrackMe. Encouraged by the positive response we received from the security community, we decided to repeat the game, hopefully making it even more interesting and...

Here’s how it happens. You go online with your nice, well-behaved browser, only to see it fly into a virtual tantrum, as an onslaught of advertisements either pops up, slides in from the side, or otherwise inserts itself to interrupt and even redirect your intended...

Cloudflare’s new DNS service Posted: April 20, 2018 by Pieter Arntz Are you looking for a free way to speed up your internet and gain some extra privacy in the process? Keep reading, because Cloudflare (the Web Performance & Security Company) is offering a free...

Malwarebytes Introduces Easy-to-Use Endpoint Protection and Response Solution for Monitoring, Detection and Remediation — Endpoint detection and response that doesn’t just create alerts, it remediates — Intuitive endpoint protection and response for medium-sized and...

VPN Beginner’s Guide   John Mason This is the ultimate beginner’s guide to VPNs. Find out what is a VPN how does it work. I’ve tried making it as in-depth (and simple) as possible. VPN is one of those “web things” that seem perhaps a bit intimidating when you first...

Posted: March 8, 2018 by Wendy Zamora From the #metoo movement to Oprah’s Time’s Up speech to the women’s marches on cities throughout the world—it’s been a banner year for women’s rights. And on this International Women’s Day, we wanted to do more than pay lip...

Posted: March 2, 2018 by Pieter Arntz Even though SQL injection is a type of attack that is relatively easy to prevent, it is one of the most common web hacking techniques. So, what’s it all about? The basics SQL is short for Structured Query Language and usually...